(Blackboard.)
Keep your Nails Clean.
Do not put Fingers in Mouth.
Can you think of anything else that should be kept clean besides the nails? In your mouth are two rows of beautiful little, white teeth. At least they ought to be white, but if we do not keep them clean, they often get discoloured and begin to decay and give us pain.
We should each have a tooth-brush, and use it every day to cleanse the teeth, dipping it first in nice, clean water, and when the brushing is done, the mouth should be rinsed several times. The teeth should be brushed up and down from the gums (not from left to right), so that we may get all the particles of food from the tiny spaces between the teeth. If we do this regularly we shall not be likely to suffer much from toothache.
Two white rows of pearly teeth,
What can prettier be?
If you keep them clean and white,
They are fair to see.
(Blackboard.)
Why we brush teeth:—
1. To keep clean and prevent toothache.
2. To make them look nice.
XXIV. PURE LANGUAGE.
60. Toads and Diamonds—A Fairy Tale.
There was an old woman at a well, who, when a little girl came to draw water, asked for a drink, and the kind little maiden lifted the jug to the old woman's lips, and told her to take as much as she wished. Then the old woman blessed her for her kindness, and said that whenever the child spoke, pearls and diamonds should fall from her lips. Then another girl came to the well, and again the old woman asked to drink, but the girl said, "No! draw water for yourself". That was rude and unkind, was it not?